Random Musings From Someone With Several Psych/Neuro disorders, about life, what sometimes fits--and what defintely doesn't.

Friday, January 26, 2007

Partner's Medical "Lecture" This Morning

So partner didn't have to go to work until later this morning. That provided me with a ride to my public transit stop which is nice as we've rather inconveniently hit a "cold snap" and it's bloody freezing here. I know, it's Canada, I've lived here all my life, this should be nothing new, why bother complaining.

Anyway, as I'm getting dressed and pulling on my jeans, she says to me, "You've lost weight." I say in response, "Oh...?" She had said the same thing while looking at my face last night. Same response: "Oh...?"

Now Patient Anonymous is a little daft, flaky, deranged, nutty--I'm sure you all know this by now. She can also be rather unobservant when it comes to all matter of things, up to and including herself. However, I too have been wondering if I have lost more weight as my pants seem to be fitting more loosely and I can tighten my belt yet another notch. Not that I am--it gathers the fabric of the waist and that makes wearing the pants ridiculously uncomfortable. I'd rather let them just hang off my hips a bit.

We have no scales in the house, nor any measuring tapes (well, except for metal ones for furniture, walls etc... so that won't do.)

My partner wants me to start calling my family practitioner and my gastroenterologist right now but I will be seeing my gastro in app. two weeks. He is a specialist so there is little chance of him being able to push me forward in his schedule. My family practitioner can probably not do much since she referred me to the gastro in the first place. I told her I would "think about" calling but I really see no point.

The daily, morning Upper GI pain persists but that is nothing new. A lovely way to wake up. The Nexium/Esomeprazole seems to stave that off although obviously not permanently and/or completely. Lower GI is disastrous at the moment. Food is barely tolerable.

4 comments:

Hi Deb, yes she's good. She gets a little upset with me when I don't eat which I know is stupid but it's extremely hard when you feel like you've had the worst case of...I don't know...I'll simply say the catch-all "gastroenteritis" for a) your entire life and b) more acutely for the last six months. Which kind of doesn't make sense because it's both chronic and acute at the same time. I give up.

*sending psychic messages for rescue to my gastro as we speak...* haha

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I am interested in all illnesses and disorders of the brain and medicine in general, actually. I love research and am fascinated by how the body works...but my chemistry kind of sucks. Oh and um, Jeopardy and anime *grin* I'm not very good at describing myself. I am not a professional (well, maybe a professional nutbar, loony, fruitcake etc...) but I have been through a lot over the years so I may have something valuable to offer. I welcome any comments and/or questions. I posted this earlier on but so you don't have to dig for it, my diagnoses are Bipolar Disorder, Seizure Disorder (Simple Partial Seizures), ADD and Migraines.